USPTO Patents Application 10714133

Response to December 23, 2008 Office Action
Application No. 10/714,133
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IN THE CLAIMS

This listing of claims replaces all prior listings:

I- 7. (canceled).

8. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 1, wherein the liquid crystal
layer has a phase difference of X/4 in the reflective area and is in a 90° twisted nematic state in
the transmissive area when no voltage is applied or when a voltage is applied.

9. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 8, wherein the liquid crystal
layer is in a twisted nematic state in the reflective area when no voltage is applied or when a
voltage is applied.

10. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 8, wherein the liquid crystal
layer displays an image in an electrically controlled birefringence mode in the reflective area and
in a twisted nematic mode in the transmissive area.

II- 17. (canceled).

18. (Currently Amended) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display which has
a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and which has a
reflective area and a transmissive area, the method comprising the steps of:

formina an alignment film on one of the substrates;

forming a retardation film on the alignment on only one of the substrates; and
patterning the retardation film such that the retardation film remains only in the reflective

area,

wherein.!

an alignment film is formed on at least one of the substrates and the retardation

film is formed on the alignment film, and

wherein t he liquid crystal layer has a phase difference of XI A in the reflective area
and a phase different of A/2 in the transmissive area when no voltage is applied or when a
voltage is applied.

19. (original) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim

18, wherein the retardation film is composed of a liquid crystal polymer.

20. (original) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim

19, wherein the liquid crystal polymer is obtained by curing an ultraviolet-curable liquid crystal
monomer in a nematic phase.

21-22. (canceled).

23. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim
16, further comprising the step of forming an alignment film by photoalignment such that the
alignment direction of the alignment film differs between the reflective area and the transmissive
area on a surface of at least one of the substrates which faces the liquid crystal layer.

24. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display comprising:
a pair of substrates; and

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates,

wherein the liquid crystal display has a reflective area and a transmissive area, and
wherein at least one of the substrates is provided with a retardation film whose slow axis
differs between the reflective area and the transmissive area.

25. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein the retardation
film is provided on a surface of the substrate which faces the liquid crystal layer.

26. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein a polarizer is
provided on at least one of the substrates and the slow axis of the retardation film in the
transmissive area is parallel to the transmission axis or the absorption axis of the polarizer.

27. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein a polarizer is
provided on at least one of the substrates and the retardation layer polarizes light incident from
the liquid crystal layer in a direction parallel to the absorption axis of the polarizer in the
transmissive area when no voltage is applied or when a voltage is applied.

28. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24,
wherein the retardation film comprises a A/4 layer.

29. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 28,

wherein the retardation film comprises a A/4 layer and a retardation layer which compensates for
chromatic dispersion which occurs at the A/4 layer.

30. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 29,
wherein the retardation layer comprises a A/2 layer.

3 1 . (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein at least one of
the substrates is provided with color filters and the phase difference of the retardation film is
determined in accordance with the wavelength of each color filter.

32. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 31, wherein the retardation
film has a phase difference of A/4 in accordance with the wavelength of each color filter.

33. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein the liquid
crystal layer has a phase difference of A/4, where A is the wavelength of light, in the reflective
area and a phase difference of X/2 in the transmissive area when no voltage is applied or when a
voltage is applied.

34. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein the liquid
crystal layer has a phase difference of A/4, where A is the wavelength of light, in the reflective
area and is in a 90° twisted nematic state in the transmissive area when no voltage is applied or
when a voltage is applied.

35. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 34, wherein the liquid
crystal layer is in a twisted nematic state in the reflective area when no voltage is applied or
when a voltage is applied.

36. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 34, wherein the liquid
crystal layer displays an image in an electrically controlled birefringence mode in the reflective
area, and in a twisted nematic mode in the transmissive area.

37. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 24, wherein the retardation
film is composed of a liquid crystal polymer.

38. (withdrawn) A liquid crystal display according to Claim 37, wherein the liquid
crystal polymer is obtained by curing an ultraviolet-curable liquid crystal monomer in a nematic
phase.

39. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display which has a pair of
substrates and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates and which has a reflective
area and a transmissive area, the method comprising the step of:

forming a retardation film whose slow axis is different between the reflective area and the
transmissive area on at least one of the substrates.

40. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim

39, wherein the retardation film is composed of a liquid crystal polymer.

41. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim

40, wherein the liquid crystal polymer is obtained by curing an ultraviolet-curable liquid crystal
monomer in a nematic phase.

42. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim
39, wherein the retardation film is formed by forming an alignment film by mask rubbing such
that the alignment direction of the alignment film differs between the reflective area and the

transmissive area, and applying a liquid crystal polymer or an ultraviolet-curable liquid crystal
monomer in a nematic phase on the alignment film.

43. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim
39, wherein the retardation film is formed by forming an alignment film by photoalignment such
that the alignment direction of the alignment film differs between the reflective area and the
transmissive area, and applying a liquid crystal polymer or an ultraviolet-curable liquid crystal
monomer in a nematic phase on the alignment film.

44. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim
39, further comprising the step of forming an alignment film by mask rubbing such that the
alignment direction of the alignment film differs between the reflective area and the transmissive
area on a surface of at least one of the substrates which faces the liquid crystal layer.

45. (withdrawn) A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display according to Claim
39, further comprising the step of forming an alignment film by photoalignment such that the
alignment direction of the alignment film differs between the reflective area and the transmissive
area on a surface of at least one of the substrates which faces the liquid crystal layer.